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Waipara Playground

Reserve · Glenmark

From the air

aerial view of Waipara Playground and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

Its centre sits about 54 km north of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 23 pieces of play equipment (8 handrails, 4 platforms, 2 climbing-walls, 1 swing, 1 parallel bars, 1 monkey bars, 1 ladders, 1 firemans pole and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit.

Also on the register: 2 seats (2 seats) and 1 piece of sports gear (1 basketball hoop).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2010.

The register’s own site tag puts every item on this ground; the pins themselves can drift a few metres.

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Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 1 playing surface on this ground, Basketball, graded recreational on asphalt.

The register books it by name, Basketball Half Court.

The register names this park on every record, its surfaces and booking periods are the record, not this week’s draw.

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How big is Waipara Playground?

1,498 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Waipara Playground?

About 54 km north of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

What kind of place is Waipara Playground?

Reserve.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.